Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c8.2

c8.2

‘**Key-words.**’ Vedic education is to be studied as an integral part of Vedic Thought and Life. It will be best understood in the light of certain concepts and technical terms in which are concealed and stored up the traditions governing the general philosophy and scheme of life of the Vedic age. These terms came to be established as the outcome of important movements and trends of thought which they reflect. In some cases, as will be seen below, they directly point to the educational principles and institutions which were typical of the culture of the age. They are the “key-words” of Vedic Culture, supplying the cue to much of Vedic Thought that appears to be somewhat mystical and mysterious, and strange to modern ways of thinking. A study of these is a necessary preliminary to an adequate appreciation of the system of Vedic Education, its ideals and institutions. These terms are, therefore, discussed at the outset.